Putin threatens to target US with missiles — World News with Matt Bevan

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target the United States during his annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

Putin issued the fresh threats in response to Donald Trump's announcement earlier this month the United States would be withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that was struck between Ronald Reagan and Michael Gorbechev in 1987.

One of the most obvious effects of the INF treaty was that it kept American nuclear missiles out of Europe for the last 30 years.

Vladimir Putin warned against America using the end of the INF Treaty to shift missiles back into Europe.

"I'm saying this clearly and openly, Russia will be forced to deploy weapons that can be used... against the decision-making centres that are behind the missiles systems which threaten us," he said.

During his Presidential Address, Putin also announced a new missile, which he claims can hit small targets from 1000 kilometres away and travel at nine times the speed of sound, making it virtually invisible to missile defence systems.